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The Federal Government has lifted its suspension on Twitter. The decision was announced by Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, Chairman Technical Committee Nigeria-Twitter Engagement and Director-General National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).
After 222 days, the Nigerian government has lifted Twitter ban in the country.
This will be effective from 12am, 13th January 2022. pic.twitter.com/7oefShqCSz
— TechCabal (@TechCabal) January 12, 2022
Kashifu, in a statement in Abuja, said the approval was given following a memo written to the President by Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof Isa Ali Ibrahim.
Here is a rundown of five of the hottest news stories…
1. Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ certified Gold in the US
Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah) has been certified Gold in the US.
Congratulations @ckay_yopic.twitter.com/HG7YusIIDe
— TXT (@txt_mag) January 12, 2022
On January 10, Nigerian singer and Warner South Africa artist, Ckay’s global smash hit, Love Nwantiti, was certified Gold in the US. This comes after the record was certified Gold in the UK and France. In 2021, the record shot up the charts across the world, topping major rankings. It also made CKay Africa’s biggest artist on Spotify.
In the US, a Gold plaque is issued when a record moves the equivalent of 500,000 copies via streaming and raw CD sales.
2. Jeannie Mai welcomes first child with Jeezy
Jeannie Mai is a new mom! On Tuesday, January 11, The Real co-host, 42, announced the birth of her first child with husband Jeezy, 44, via Instagram. Sharing a picture of a baby blanket covered in footprints and a name tag reading “Baby Jenkins” nearby, Mai captioned the photo: “I asked God for a life of love and happiness. He sent me my family.” She added: “Baby Jenkins is here ?❤️.”
Neither Mai nor Jeezy has revealed further information such as the child’s name or gender. The newborn is Mai’s first child and becomes Jeezy’s fourth. He has three kids, Jadarius, Shyheim, and Amra Nor from a previous relationship.
Congratulations to the couple.
3. South Africa: Rachel Kolisi goes back to school
The new SA school year won’t see just toddlers beginning school. It will also see Rachel Kolisi pick up a pen and book. The businesswoman and wife of Springbok captain Siya Kolisi revealed that she finally took the plunge and is going back to school.
“I’m officially a student — again! I’ve been wanting to study for a long time, but just haven’t had the opportunity. Finally decided to take a dive and do it,” she said in an Instagram post. Rachel did not stipulate what she was going back to school for.
4. Newcastle’s Hancock museum to repatriate Benin Bronze stave
A Benin bronze in the collection of a Newcastle museum is to be proactively returned to Nigeria, the latest in a number of repatriations that ratchet up pressure on the British Museum to follow suit, reports @markbrown14https://t.co/bnzuhByTk9
— Maya Wolfe-Robinson (@mwolferobinson) January 12, 2022
A Benin Bronze “taken violently” by the British military in the 19th century will be returned to Nigeria. The item has been held at the Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle in its ethnography collection. The brass stave, with a bird sculpture on top, is likely to have been a musical instrument which was stuck with a metal road during ceremonies. Museum bosses said it had been unanimously agreed to repatriate it and Nigerian authorities had been told.
The Bronzes — thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings — were seized from the West African kingdom of Benin, in what is today Edo State in southern Nigeria, by a British military force in 1897. Many ended up being sold to museums or private collectors.
5. Kingsley Coman: France winger extends Bayern Munich contract until 2027
Official, confirmed. FC Bayern announce Kingsley Coman new contract signed until June 2027, agreement sealed and completed. ? #Bayernpic.twitter.com/vFhXZGlBPZ
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) January 12, 2022
France winger Kingsley Coman has signed a contract extension with Bayern Munich, keeping him at the Bundesliga club until 2027. The 25-year-old’s contract was originally due to end in June 2023. Coman joined Bayern permanently from Juventus in 2017 following a two-year loan spell.
“I am very happy because FC Bayern are one of the biggest clubs in the world and I know we still have a lot of big opportunities and big goals here,” Coman said in a statement on the club’s website.
Featured image: ckay_yo | Instagram
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